Damien Adkins

Damien Adkins

Personal information
Birth	9 March 1981 (1981-03-09) (age 30)
Recruited from	Leongatha/Gippsland U18
Height and weight	181cm / 73kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, 13 March 2000, Collingwood v. Hawthorn, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Collingwood (2000–2002) 22 Games, 8 Goals West Coast Eagles (2003–2006) 32 Games, 24 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2000

Damien "Chipper" Adkins (born 9 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer formerly with the Collingwood and West Coast Eagles Football Clubs in the AFL. He currently plays for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Collingwood

Adkins was drafted by Collingwood with pick 50 in the 1998 AFL Draft. He played his first game for Collingwood in round 1, 2000. Adkins won a Rising Star nomination after collecting 19 disposals and kickind 2 goals in his third game, a match against Carlton in round 3, 2000.

Adkins played 18 of a possible 22 games in his debut season. However, injury and form saw Adkins play only 4 games between 2001 and 2002.

West Coast

After the 2002 season, Adkins was traded to the West Coast Eagles in return for Andrew Williams. Adkins played 32 games, including an elimination final, for the Eagles between 2003 and 2005. Adkins, for the second time in his career, missed selection for an AFL Grand Final when West Coast made the 2005 Grand Final.

Frankston

Once Adkins left the Eagles in 2005, he returned to Victoria and played in the VFL for Frankston.

External links

• Damien Adkins's profile on the Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles Football Club
• Damien Adkins's statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Adkins, Damien
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Date of birth	9 March 1981
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